The pic has no dramatic thrust, and a highly charged yet unenthusiastic home reception is the most that can be expected from theatrical. Journalist Grigore Cartianu adapted his own investigative books ...

Twenty-five years ago, the Communist leaders of Eastern Europe were falling like dominoes. And on Christmas Day in 1989, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, were executed by ...

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - The mystery of where former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were buried moved closer to resolution Wednesday after forensic scientists dug up their official ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — The mystery of where former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were buried moved closer to resolution today after forensic scientists dug up their official ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — The last time Alexandru Socol saw Nicolae Ceausescu was in 1989, when the communist dictator visited Mr. Socol’s factory to inspect the components it produced for hydroelectric ...

As a three-term president, he guided the country toward democracy, but he was called an authoritarian at heart and accused of brutality during the revolt that put him in power. By Dan Bilefsky and ...

To evoke culture shock, it would be hard to find a pithier image than a vampiric Elena Ceausescu singing the John Denver hit "Take Me Home, Country Roads." In Romanian. Absurdism earns its keep in ...

Twenty-five years ago, the Communist leaders of Eastern Europe were falling like dominoes. And on Christmas Day in 1989, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, were executed by ...